Penholder for ruling-machines.



A. L. BARBER.

PENHLDER POR RULING MAGENES.

APPLICATION FILED 3130.16, 1911.

ARTHUR LAMBERT BARBER, OF HECKMONDWIKE, ENGLAND.

PENHOLIDER FOR RULINGr-MACHINES.

Application filed December 16, 1911.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 22, 1913. Serial No. 666,221.

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it known that l, ARTI-run LAMBERT Barnum, subject of the King oit Great Britain, residing at 2l George street, l4lfeckmondwike, Yorkshire, England, have invented certain new and useful Improve ments in Penholders for Ruling-lvlachines, ot which the following' is a specification.

This invention rela-tes to penholders for ruling machines, and refers particularly to holders wherein each pen with the penholder proper is adapted to be adj ust-ably raised or lowered by sliding on the part of its main carrier usually termed the extension. ln penholders oit' this form it has hitherto been customary to arrange a turn or bend, on which the penholder proper slides, below the extension or main carrier, an adjusting screw being adapted to engage a. part of the sliding member on such turn or bend. This position or arrangement ot the penholder proper is found to interfere with the required practice of passing' ink supplying ilannels through or over such penholders and the main object of the present invention is to overcome this disadvantage.

Accordingto the invention the extension end is turned or adapted to project upwardly from the liront of the extension or main carrier, the slide member together with its adjustment mechanism being mounted thereon above the extension part ol the main carrier as hereinafter described. By this arrangement the carrying and adj ustment mechanism of the pen proper does not interfere in any way with the carryiiig of the ink flannels.

Referring now to the accompanying drawings which show one convenient form of device constructed according to the invention Figure l shows an extension or main carrier complete with its penholder slidingly mounted thereon. Fig. 2 is an enlarged part sectional view showing more clearly the penholder mounted on the extension. Figs. 3 and et are elevation and plan views respectively oit' part of the extension, and Fig. 5 is a sectional plan view ot the same on line 5, 5. F ig. 6 is an enlarged view showing the top part of the penholder, and Fig. 7 is a sectional plan view of the same on line 7 7.

The end fr of the extension or main carrier L is turned upwardly as shown and slidably mounted thereon is the upper end c of the penholder (Z. The extension o and the bend u. are preferably formed by a l'langed metal strip stamped out oit a l'lat piece for simplicity in manufacture, and at the upper end oil" the bend the strip is bent into a. bow shape c l'or a purpose which will hereinafter appear.

The upper end c of the penholder is formed of two portions, viz., the stamped out strip j' having the tlanges g adapted to embrace the outside of the member a. so as to slide thereon and the inner strip It also having flanges Z adapted to engage the inside of the flanges m oi' the member u so as to sec-ure a iirm seating and steady sliding of the member o on the member a. The flanges g are provided with lugs In, adapted to be bent around behind the member a. To adjust the slideway part a screwed spindle o (see particularly Fig. Q) is adapted to engage a screw thread in the doubled over horizontal portion y) of the strips f and. 11.-, such horizontal portion being situated in vertical alinement with the member u. The upper end ot' the screw o is provided with a milled or like operating head Q and a collar r adapted to engage the bow c as shown so as to prevent longitudinal movement ol said screw. By rotating the screw the pen .is readily adjusted.

The upper portion oit the inclined part of the penholder d is narrowed at s as shown in Fig. 7, so that feeding wools or lannels may be passed to inkwells between the spaces thus leil`t between each two adjacent pens. This allows of the pens being arranged closely together and yet permits the feeders to be conveniently passed through. The pen is preferably stamped with a strengthening rib at. this part as shown by t.

W' hat I claim as my Ainvention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1- 1. In penholders for ruling machines, the combination of a. main carrier, a member projecting vertically upward therefrom, a. member slidingly mounted on said upwardly projecting member and having a. horizontal portion situated in vertical alinement with said upwardly projecting member, a screw adapted to screw into said hori zontal portion, and a collar and operating head on said screw engaging' the ripper end oil" the upwardly projecting member to prevent longitudinal movement ol the screw.

2. In penholders for ruling machines, the

combination ol a horizontal main carrier formed of a Channel section with flanges and having a vertical upward bend of siinilar section at its forward end, a pen-carrying member formed at its upper end with 5 flanges engaging inside and outside the flanges of said Vertical upward bend so as to slide thereon, a. bowed upper end on the top of said upward bend7 a screw having an operating head engaging the upper side of 10 said bowed end and a collar engaging the underside thereof, and a horizontal portion on the top of said sliding ineinber with which said screw engages.

In testimony whereof I have signed my naine to this specification in the presence of 15 two subscribing witnesses.

ARTHUR LANIBERT BARBER.

VitnesSes H. R. KERSLAKE,

J. B. HAYwARD.

Copies oi this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Eatents,

Washington, D. C. 

